"After all the hard work, the butterflies return to the flowers. Even though I have old feelings, I dare not accompany them." [Nai He Tian·Ji Zuo]
Pixiang Hall.
Guo Zhao, the picker girl, bravely brought the tea and placed them one by one on the table. Seeing that the two of them were just sitting there and not talking, she quietly withdrew and came to the door. She inadvertently glanced at the pipa that had not been put away.
"The prince is well raised, but he has lost some weight." After an unknown amount of time, the emperor watched Guo Zhao leave after serving tea, and said while stroking Liu Xi's head with his hand.
Song Du sat across from him with his hands neatly folded on his knees. He would answer every sentence he heard: "I'm sorry, the child was not very healthy when he was born. Fortunately, with your majesty's blessing, he grew up."
Over the years, the emperor had more and more children, and he no longer paid much attention to the eldest son. Thanks to Queen Fushou's tolerant temperament and no ill treatment, Liu Xi grew up freely in the corner of Pixiang Palace. But in the cold weather in the palace, who would really
Do you take Song Du mother and son seriously? They are just barely surviving.
The emperor raised his eyebrows and continued: "Just now I have written an imperial edict to designate him as the King of Chen on a certain day. When the prince is old, he will choose a master to teach him for a few years, and then he can go to the Kingdom of Chen... You can also go in the future.
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Song Du's calm expression finally changed. She was moved by the emperor's words. Perhaps her son could be granted a wealthy vassal kingdom but would miss the throne. Perhaps she was reacting to the fact that she had become the 'Queen Mother'.
The price is... Song Du actually stood up from the table, pulled Liu Xi and slowly bowed to the emperor together: "I thank your majesty for your grace, and may your majesty live long and live happily forever."
The emperor felt that something had been lost. He could not bear such a dull and boring atmosphere. He stood up and was about to leave, but Song Du stopped him and said: "I have a few unkind invitations."
"Go ahead." The emperor stopped, unable to guess what the other party was thinking for the first time.
Song Du lowered his head and said: "The prince is now old. I would like to ask your majesty to find a great Confucian from Taixue to teach him. In the future, he may become a vassal and a common people."
"Hasn't he been studying with the prince?" The emperor asked subconsciously: "Is it the prince..."
"It has nothing to do with the prince. The prince has always been friendly to his brothers and taken good care of the princes." Song Du said quickly, and she changed the topic: "It's just Duke Jia and Duke Xun who are the prince's teachers. They teach him the knowledge that he will be a king in the future."
, It is enough for the prince to study the scriptures well and know the righteousness of the king and his ministers. How can he learn those things from the prince?"
"I understand." The emperor sighed, knowing Song Du's good intentions. I don't know when the other party started to have such cautious thoughts. After that, he continued to ask: "Is there anything else?
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Song Du was startled and hesitated for a moment before saying: "The prince is getting older and does not need so many people to serve him. The concubine's Pixiang Hall is located in a lonely place, so there is no need for people to waste their time. I just taught the concubine how to play the pipa.
My daughter-in-law Guo Zhao has done her best to take care of my concubine and the prince these years. If Your Majesty will not give up, let her serve His Majesty."
After hearing this, the emperor suddenly became upset for no reason. After he responded stiffly, he left without looking back.
Zongzheng, Liu Miao and others visited the Chen state with the governor Liu Ai in Yuzhou and obtained a large amount of criminal evidence. The crown prince Liu Fu, out of fear and grief, even revealed the truth of the year to the new Chen Prime Minister and the former Guanglu doctor Zhao Weisun. It turned out that Liu Fu
After Chong secretly offered sacrifices to God and had evil intentions when it was revealed, not only did the eunuchs help cover it up, but Liu Kuan and others also took care of the so-called "overall situation" to cover up the matter. Over the years, Liu Chong was honest and peaceful, and often asked Chang'an
I have transferred money in order to survive my whole life, but I still can't keep the promises I made.
When Zhao Weisun found out about this, he was frightened to death. He didn't dare to hide it, and he didn't dare to spread the news. Even though he knew that Liu Fu could not trust Liu Miao, he still found an opportunity to tell Liu Miao, Liu Ai and others.
Liu Miao originally thought that he was just simply dealing with King Chen's funeral affairs. After Liu Chong committed suicide, the matter should come to an end. Who knew that there was actually an old story hidden here, involving the former ministers of the former dynasty, the famous Confucian scholar Liu Miao.
Miao subconsciously felt that something was unusual, and he cautiously suggested: "If you are not careful in this matter, it will involve too many people. Nowadays, many powerful people in Guandong are in panic because of the move of the powerful people to guard the mausoleum. Liu Fu falsely accused him because of his grievances. What?
Can you take it seriously?"
He deliberately wanted to suppress the matter. He was also accompanied by Tingwei's report to Cao Cao and Sima Zhi. They were quiet and listened quietly. Only Liu Ai, the governor of Yuzhou, and Zhao Weisun, the prime minister of Chen, had the right to speak.
, Zhao Weisun had just explained the situation, and only Liu Ai was left to express his opinion: "Whether it is a false accusation or not, I don't care for the moment. If Liu Fu can sue Prime Minister Chen today, he can sue to Chang'an the next day. Although Chang'an is far away, Yang Situ happens to be still in Luo.
Yang...Since this matter cannot be ignored and it is difficult to cover it up, in my opinion it is better to base it on the facts and let the country make a decision."
Liu Ai can be considered an old minister. Although he served as a long history officer for Dong Zhuo for a period of time in his early years, he was slightly troubled when he executed Dong Zhuo. The emperor gave him leniency because of his status as a clan relative, and served successively as a minister, Hongnong and Runan.
The prefect, who followed Zhu Jun in the military campaign in Yuzhou, could be said to be the first group of clan members to be promoted under the emperor. He was cautious and resourceful by nature, how could he not see something fishy here? He would not wade into this muddy water, and instinctively wanted to put trouble out of the way.
Push it out first.
"This matter is indeed not something we can handle with our own hands. I think it's better to follow your orders and tell the truth." Zhao Weisun and Liu Ai had the same idea. He didn't want to get involved in any more turmoil. At the beginning, he was ordered to do so.
The imperial edict to kill Wang Yun caused him to receive a lot of blame behind his back. Now he was originally just in charge of Liu Chong's funeral, but when he was halfway there, he suddenly received the order to serve as Chen Xiang. His peaceful thoughts only urged him to hide.
If possible, even Chen Guo would not want to stay long if this hot potato is dropped.
Liu Miao was a little disappointed, but he could not express his inner uneasiness. He could only reduce the impact of this foreseeable storm as much as possible: "It is not appropriate to spread the news in advance. The holy intention is not clear, so we should be careful.
If you are engaged, you might as well learn about it through sealing things, how about that?"
Zhao Weisun also felt that the matter involved the reputation of a great scholar and it was not appropriate to make it known to everyone at the beginning, so he nodded in agreement. Liu Ai was naturally happy to see this. He had been staying in the local area for so many years, in addition to dealing with those wealthy families with strong backgrounds.
, everything else is more comfortable than being in the court. As long as you stay away from the center of the turmoil, and return to your hometown in a few years, the result is not bad.
When Liu Miao and his party passed through Luoyang on their way back and met Situ Yang Biao who was also going back to the court, Liu Miao was secretly glad that he did not insist on concealing this matter. Because Yang Biao's first words when meeting Liu Miao and others were actually
He asked about Liu Fu and complained to Liu Miao why he didn't take Liu Fu to Chang'an.
"Situ, could it be that..." Liu Miao hesitated before speaking.
"The reputation of our ancestors cannot be destroyed in one day, so you don't have to worry." Yang Biao replied with a smile. Behind him, Chang Shi Fazheng's expression was incomprehensible.